Tuesday, March 17, 2015

CCSS3 EUROPEAN UNION REVIEW


INSTITUTION
COMPOSITION
FUNCTION
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
MEP´s chosen by…



EUROPEAN COUNCIL
Each country´s leaders chosen by…



COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(No fixed members)Ministers of each country´s national government depending on ….



EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Commissioners proposed by…          and approved by…





HISTORY
YEAR
TREATY
WHAT DID IT DO?
1951


1957


1992


2007



ENLARGEMENT
YEAR
COUNTRIES IN THE EU
1957

1973

1986

2004-2007

2013


TERMS
TERM
DEFINITION AND BRIEF EXPLANATION
CAP (COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY)

CFP (COMMON FISHERIES POLICY)



EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY



STRUCTURAL FUNDS



COHESION FUNDS





You can get the information from the powerpoint we looked at:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/3z2uh7j8lyt1ppj/CCSS3%20Unit%2012%20short%20version.pptx?dl=0

and from my youtube lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxcUEo5wWAY

CCSS2 Unit 9 The Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation (Intro.)

Complete the outline where you see "..."

Monday, March 16, 2015

CCSS2 Unit 9 Chart on the economy in the Early Modern Age (p.167)

Please correct your answers by making sure they more or less match the ones below.



Sector of the Economy
What remained the same?
What changed?
Vocabulary
AGRICULTURE
 1.Harvests were not very abundant because they continued using traditional methods.
2. The feudal system continued.


 1.New land had to be cultivated to feed the growing population.
2. It became more comming to pay free peasants for their work.
3. There was an increase in the leasing of land.



Leasing: renting



CRAFTWORK

 1. The industry continued to be controlled by guilds.





 1. The domestic system appeared.
Domestic system: Merchants supplied the peasants (workers) with the raw materials, which they elaborated in their homes and gave back to the merchant to sell.


TRADE
X
 1. The industry grew because of products from the Americas and Asia. 
2. Ships went in fleets to protect them from pirate attacks. 
3. There were new methods of payment, like Bills of Exchange.
Bill of Exchange: a document where one person promises to pay another a certain amount of money on a specific date.

Joint-stock companies:
 Companies owned by several shareholders

Shareholders: people who own shares (investments) in a company, which they can make a profit from if the company succeeds. The profit is proportional to the number of shares they have.


Shares: small investments in a company ("acciones")


Thursday, March 5, 2015

CCSS3 Unit 9, Film Activity: The Spanish economic crisis: 'Yo Invito - ¿Dónde está mi dinero?'



The Spanish economic crisis: 'Yo Invito - ¿Dónde está mi dinero?'
(Gold Money News)


Answer the question.

1.       What percentage of the money we have deposited in the bank is really there physically? 

Define the words in English and write their Spanish translation.
1.       Mortgage
2.       Savings
3.       Loans
4.       To lend
5.       Interest rate
6.       Current account
7.       Borrowed
8.       Debt
9.       Promissory notes
10.   Savings
11.   Currencies
12.   The free market
13.   Monopoly
14.   Risk
15.   European Central Bank
16.   “Banco de España”
17.   The Federal Reserve
18.   Monetary Policy